South Dakota
Former South Dakota AutoZone workers say they were bilked out of overtime pay
Two men who worked as managers at AutoZone stores in South Dakota have filed suit against the company, alleging the auto parts chain exploited them by not paying overtime.
Jay Grigsby was an employee of an AutoZone in Spearfish from 2021 to 2022, and Zakk Gill worked at the Rapid City AutoZone from 2013 to 2020. Both men had been plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit brought in Montana. That suit – Richter v. AutoZoners represented plaintiffs in Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho.
AutoZone filed a motion to have that lawsuit decertified as a class action. Last month, a judge ruled against the company, but the judge did rule he lacked jurisdiction over non-Montana residents, and the case for them was dismissed, albeit without prejudice, which allows them to refile a new case.